The first Presbyterian minister in Australia was Reverend Archibald Macarthur, who arrived in Hobart Town on 24 December 1822. He held his first service on 5 January 1823 in a room of the government factory.
Prior to Federation, there was no Prime Minister. The first Prime Minister of Australia was Edmund Barton, and he took on his position at Federation.
Western Australia is a state of Australia, and it does not have a Prime Minister, but a Premier. The 2013 premier of Western Australia is Colin Barnett.The position of Prime Minister is the one held by the leader of the entire nation.
In Australia, the first Prime Minister was appointed following Federation in 1901. This was Edmund Barton.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell became the first American woman ordained a minister by a recognized denomination (Congregational) in 1853.
Kevin Rudd was Prime Minister of Australia in 2009.
William Salmond - Presbyterian minister - was born in 1835.
David Rice - Presbyterian minister - was born in 1733.
George Young - Presbyterian minister - died in 1848.
George Young - Presbyterian minister - was born in 1777.
John Thomson - Presbyterian minister - was born in 1690.
John Thomson - Presbyterian minister - died in 1753.
David Rice - Presbyterian minister - died in 1816.
William Salmond - Presbyterian minister - died in 1917.
The first Prime Minister of Australia was Edmund Barton
Presbyterian Church of Australia was created in 1901.
Evangelical Presbyterian Church - Australia - was created in 1961.
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia was created in 1858.